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Re: guixsd install questions
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: guixsd install questions |
Date: |
Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:48:39 +0100 |
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Divan Santana <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
>>> On tt1 I did =herd stop guix-daemon=
>>> Then exported proxy like so:
>>> export http_proxy=http://server.domain.co.za:8080/ ; export
>>> ftp_proxy=$http_proxy ; export https_proxy=$http_proxy
>>>
>>> =herd start guix-daemon=
>>
>> The ‘http_proxy’ variable needs to be set in the environment of the
>> ‘guix-daemon’ process itself, which is why this doesn’t work. We should
>> make it easier to choose a proxy, for instance by having the daemon
>> honor client-provided proxy settings.
>
> Hmm, so what exactly do I need to do to get the http_proxy variable set
> in the guix-daemon environment? I've tried exporting on command line,
> then starting the daemon but that didn't work.
You'd have to start guix-daemon “by hand” (rather than via shepherd),
which is not great. We should add a knob to configure this through
‘guix-configuration’ in GuixSD.
Thanks,
Ludo’.